This blog's title is based upon the best question I ever overheard being asked, by a young Liverpudlian child to his mother, as in "What's..?".
The answer seems to be something of a creative and cultural nature which, in deed (primarily the making of art) and word, this blog intends to explore...

Saturday, March 15, 2014

World Cup Portrait '74 Portrait #3 (Peter Wilson: Australia)

graphite & putty eraser/30x21cm

The third subject to be picked at random to be drawn,
re-mediated, for the purposes of the project, in its early days, is Peter
Wilson, English-born but who was chosen to represent Australia in both the FKS
& Panini ‘World Cup 74’ sticker albums, & to captain his country’s
squad at the tournament itself, where he played in all 3 of Australia’s first
round group matches, the defeats to East & West Germanys, & the
concluding draw with Chile, whereupon they exited proceedings.Wilson, it
appears, was something of a stalwart & has continued to be an interesting character beyond his playing career, however unexpected a path he might have
followed, into reclusion.